A New Grace for Meals
By John Mason Lock
Our family devotions include a practice that we’ve been using for almost a decade. In sharing it here, I do not mean to imply that it should be universal. Among its other qualities, surely... Read More...
The Body of Christ in the Tomb of Christ
By Molly Jane Layton
The phone read 4:15 a.m. as my alarm roused me from a light sleep. My worry about not hearing it was unfounded; excitement for the morning’s events kept me from slumbering too deeply. Cl... Read More...
Jesus, Baptism, and the Reversal of Death in Mark 4:1–5:43
By Paul D. Wheatley
Life lived on this side of eternity is beset with an awareness of its finitude. We live with a quiet sense of life’s fragility. From the hushed moments at grandmother’s bedside, to youthf... Read More...
Lent Is Preparation for the Great Vigil of Easter
By Daniel Martins
While the season of Lent is multifaceted, it can never be fully or properly understood apart from its connection to the sacrament of baptism. Its deepest roots are in its role as a final pr... Read More...
Sunday Liturgy Without A Priest: Part Two (Morning Prayer and Antecommunion)
By Drew Nathaniel Keane
As increasing numbers of parishes are left without the services of a priest, decisions about how to celebrate the liturgy on Sundays loom ahead. Part one of this series considered and... Read More...
Sunday Liturgy Without A Priest: Part One (Communion by Extension)
By Drew Nathaniel Keane
Many parishes in the Episcopal Church lack the full-time services of a presbyter, a situation likely to continue for the foreseeable future. What should these congregations do for Su... Read More...
A Peaceful Night and a Perfect End
By Eugene R. Schlesinger
When I first discovered the Book of Common Prayer as a young evangelical Christian, I quickly determined that Compline was among its greatest treasures. In particular, the final anti... Read More...
Dust and Ashes
By Joseph Mangina
"Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” So run the familiar words spoken during the imposition of ashes in the liturgy for Ash Wednesday. They echo the LORD’s words to A... Read More...